American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) vs Ryanair Holdings PLC (RYAAY)

American Airlines Group Inc. and Ryanair Holdings PLC are both Airlines companies. Ryanair Holdings PLC is the larger, with a market value of $28.2B against $9.0B — 3.1× the size. American Airlines Group Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ryanair Holdings PLC trades at 5.5×. Ryanair Holdings PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.7% against 7.53%. Ryanair Holdings PLC has the higher net margin (12.2% vs −0.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.2% vs 3.82%). Across the 19 metrics below, Ryanair Holdings PLC leads on 16 and American Airlines Group Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AAL RYAAY Airlines median
P/E n/m 5.54 10.32
P/S 0.16 1.58 0.57
P/B n/m 2.61 2.06
Price to free cash flow 32.23 14.47 13.20
EV/EBITDA 29.43 6.35 9.68
EV/Sales 0.51 1.42 0.89
Earnings yield (3.53%) 18.06% 2.85%
Free cash flow yield 3.10% 6.91% 3.17%

Profitability

Metric AAL RYAAY Airlines median
Gross margin 21.11% 52.31% 42.57%
Operating margin 1.73% 13.11% 4.18%
Net margin (0.56%) 12.17% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 0.49% 10.93% 4.31%
Return on equity 8.31% 22.81% 10.75%
Return on assets (0.51%) 10.64% 1.67%
Return on invested capital 3.82% 22.18% 3.19%

Growth

Metric AAL RYAAY Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.53% 13.73% 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (86.29%) 51.92% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 25.80% 56.66% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AAL RYAAY Airlines median
Debt to equity (7.28) 0.00 0.81
Current ratio 0.53 0.79 0.60
Net debt to EBITDA 6.09 (1.16) 1.42

Dividend

Metric AAL RYAAY Airlines median
Dividend yield — 1.43% 0.82%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AAL RYAAY Airlines median
Market cap 8.95b 28.17b 3.91b

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